Tag: Foreign policy with country
Major offensive begins – battles for Mariupol Steelworks
Smoke rises above the Azovstal Steelworks The plant is under artillery fire and is also attacked by ground troops. (Photo: via REUTERS) Dusseldorf According to Ukrainian information, the offensive announced…
Major offensive begins – battles for Mariupol Steelworks
Smoke rises above the Azovstal Steelworks The plant is under artillery fire and is also attacked by ground troops. (Photo: via REUTERS) Dusseldorf According to Ukrainian information, the offensive announced…
Russia begins major offensive in eastern Ukraine
Russian associations at Mariupol The Russian troops want to force the decision in the battles for the port city. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Ukraine sees the start of a full-scale offensive…
Cyprus strips Russian oligarchs of their ‘golden passports’
The flags of Cyprus and the EU The EU member state has stripped several oligarchs of their citizenship. (Photo: AP) Berlin The government of Cyprus revokes the so-called “golden passports”…
Dead and injured in rocket attacks on Lviv
Impact site in Lviv Among other things, Russian missiles destroyed a workshop. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf According to the Ukrainian general staff, Russia has started the expected offensive in the east…
Germany must send strategic signals
Olaf Scholz and Joe Biden at the White House in early February The Federal Republic could easily hide under the protective military and economic mantles of NATO and the EU.…
Dead and injured in rocket attacks on Lviv
western Ukraine The historic old town of Lviv (Lemberg) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dusseldorf In Kyiv, politicians and the military are preparing for a major Russian offensive in…
Alienation at the heart of the EU
Macron and Le Pen In the runoff, the centrist competes against the right-wing populist. (Photo: Bloomberg) Paris Sometimes Germany and France seem like an old married couple who have little…
Russia and the Long Shadow of the Commodity Syndrome
Johannesburg It was the German Chancellor at the time, Helmut Schmidt, who, when asked about Russia’s level of development, described it as “Upper Volta with nuclear missiles”. Upper Volta, the…
Gabriel dismisses Melnyk’s criticism as “conspiracy theories”.
Sigmar Gabriel The former foreign minister is helping his predecessor, fellow party member and current Federal President. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Former Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) has rejected criticism of…
Russia is running out of time in Donbass – because Ukraine is successfully sabotaging it
Kharkiv This handout photo released by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry allegedly shows Russian military vehicles destroyed. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Destroyed tanks surrounded by the rubble of a bridge that is said…
How an oligarch runs his corporate empire from exile
Vienna Historically, Ukraine is a country of extremes. It’s either a bridge or a battlefield, says rich entrepreneur Dimitro Firtash in an interview. Since February 24 and the attack by…
Ukraine War: Interview with Estonian Defense Minister
Kale Laanet The Estonian defense minister is concerned about the security of the eastern NATO member countries. (Photo: Reuters) Stockholm Estonian Defense Minister Kalle Laanet does not see the end…
SPD politician warns of infiltration by terrorists
Berlin SPD domestic politician Sebastian Fiedler has warned of terrorists infiltrating the flow of refugees. He named Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad as possible masterminds. “I…
Ukraine War: Interview with Estonian Defense Minister
Kale Laanet The Estonian defense minister is concerned about the security of the eastern NATO member countries. (Photo: Reuters) Stockholm Estonian Defense Minister Kalle Laanet does not see the end…
Kyiv is preparing for a major offensive
Russian missile cruiser Moskva badly damaged Berlin Around two weeks after withdrawing from the greater Kyiv area, Russia plans to launch more rocket attacks on the Ukrainian capital. The Moscow…
Ukraine is urging Olaf Scholz to make serious arms deliveries – serious allegations from Merz
Berlin In the debate about the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, demanded quick commitments from Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). “I hope that Scholz…
Hackers attack America’s energy sector
san francisco Hackers have succeeded in infiltrating large areas of American energy supply companies and industrial plants with particularly sophisticated malware. It’s the first time hackers have penetrated so deeply…
Kyiv is preparing for a major offensive
Borodianka Many places in the Kyiv region were badly hit by the attacks. (Photo: via REUTERS) Berlin According to its own statements, Russia wants to increasingly fire Kyiv with rockets.…
Russia’s Forced Citizenship: The Passport as a Weapon
Ukrainian and Russian passport Russian citizenship was also distributed in Georgia and used as a tool for territorial consolidation. (Photo: imago images/ITAR-TASS) Berlin The imperial power expansion of modern states…